sunset. although there could be clouds in the spots thanks to the potential for a couple of thunderstorms. everything well to the midwest. look at how warm it is. cleveland is 72. lexington 74. we're in the upper 60s. you will recall yesterday morning we had some lows like manassas down to 44. this morning we're down to 58/62. much warmer this morning. 72 by 9:00. 81 at noon. 9 for the drive home. 88 to 93. one or two spots if you're lucky, much-needed rain and thunderstorm. it's 5:00 a.m. good morning, angie. >> good morning, hello, everyone. it's wednesday , is early. hope you're up and at it right now. what we're dealing with hardly anything out on the roadways. i like it like this. 90 northbound in virginia. that's our first camera. want to show that you everyone they're moving at speed out of fredericksburg. so making your way up towards the mixing bow. as we take it over to 395 headed northbound no problems to report out this way from the beltway towards shirleying ton. keep an eye on north capital

street. everything nice and clear out here. looks like construction in the area is now gone and wrapping up the outer loop in maryland everything is all good out here. lanes wide open between 95 and the georgia avenue exit. back to you. d.c. police officers have spent the night guarding huge piles of stuff. they're the belongings of a woman who was evicted from her apartment. 9news reporter kristin fisher joins us now with her story. good morning, kristin. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. so often we hear these stories of eviction and foreclosure taking place across the country but it's very rare to actually see somebody's personal struggle literally spread out on the sidewalk for all to see and that's unfortunately what has happened this morning. take a look. these are all of louisa diaz's belongings. she's 50 years old from venezuela and her stuff is literalliy packed up four or five feet high fun walked with

me over here take a look at this. it's not just one street, or one side of the street where this stuff is. it's spread out all the way down the street. look way down there. it spreads out for three more blocks this way and it's all being guarded by a d.c. police officer and the reason he's here is because we're awaiting some trucks to come and take all of her stuff away. louisa has been in the united states for 22 years. she's been in her home, which is just in that block right there. she's been in that home for 15 years. she hasn't had a job in two years but she used to work as a housekeeper for a wealthy family in d.c. she fell on some hard times and she says that all of this stuff. she's not a hoarder. she doesn't like that word. she doesn't like us to use it. she says she was collecting all of this stuff to send back to poor people in latin america where she's from and then she fell on hard times and wasn't

able to do so. she was evicted from her apartment just yesterday and now all of this stuff. the stuff that she's spent years collecting is about to go to the dump. we spoke to louisa yesterday. this is what she had to say. >> honest person. -- behave. no drugs, no nothing. it is not fair to take that. >> reporter: louisa clearly upset this morning. she's been out here all night. she has nowhere to go. she was pretty much sleeping on the streets. waiting for the trucks to take it away. she doesn't want that to happen. she's trying to find somebody with a truck or empty space that she can use to store some

of this stuff. this is epic. this stretches for several, several blocks. really, a huge question is how was she able to fit all of this in a three bedroom apartment? but also i asked her, this story is happening to so many people across the creme. what makes your story unique. why does your story matter more than anybody else's and she had a very surprising and heart warming response and i'll share it with you coming up at 5:30. >> a very sad story. police have not yet identified a woman found dead outside of her apartment in greenbelt, maryland. the woman was in her 40s found sprawled across the front door in a pool of blood. police say she suffered some kind of blunt trauma. her neighbors say she was friendly and especially sweet to young people and very excited about buying her first home. >> all she talked about is getting house.

a roof for my grandbaby. >> a two/three bedroom. now your granddaughter got a room. >> neighbors are worried about who she ran into while collecting her belongings. so far police have not made any arrest in this case. police say a lunchroom fight at central high school in capital heights, maryland all started with a mother showing up at the school. the mother was looking to settle the score with someone she thought attacked her daughter. well it ended in a melee with police making at least ten arrests. exactly how it all went down is still unclear but it forced the school to go to lockdown. both prince george's sheriff's deputies and police officers responded. >> it was like a whole lot of people fighting. >> at least one adult was arrested. despite the melee no one was seriously injured. the virginia chiropractor who treated members of the hockey team has pleaded guilty

to steroid charges. a judge sentenced drug nagel to three years in probation. they denied he supplied them with steroids. however, investigators say they're skeptical about nagle's game claim the steroids were for his personal use. jessica doyle is here with a preview of the day ahead on wall street. >> investors waking up this morning still thinking about the economy, still rolling around in their mind the latest from the federal reserve and that latest was at the close of their policy meeting yesterday, fed policy maker signaled that they could take additional steps to boost the economy. the optimism improved there and that helped asian stocks today. and checking the numbers here at home. the dow stands the 10,761, adding seven points yesterday. the nasdaq was down by six and the s&p 500 lost two points. maryland has a new tool to help people find jobs. the website for the maryland work force exchange now aggregates every job posting in

maryland in one place. the move comes as the labor department announced maryland's unemployment rate rose to 7.3% in august. it was 9% in d.c. and 7% in virginia and 9.6% across the country. porsche is showing off a new hybrid in our area. it's the porsche hybrid s. the first in the series of the automaker goes on sale november 1st for a cool $69,000. yeah, 20% improved fuel system. >> how many people can fit into that? >> just two. >> $69,000. maybe somebody will go in with you. we've got to save money to afford the car so what do you have for us next. >> this will help you a little bit. when go to the postal delivery service and fill out the form. if you make a mistake it's going to actually cost you money. i'll tell you all about it coming up. some drivers learn the hard

way it's illegal to text or chat on the cell phone in the district. police pulled over dozens of drivers who are actually spotted talk ing or without a hands free device the check point was conducted at the safety distracted driving summit where they promoted their solutions to the problem. >> the minute you stop the car you're to pull off you can pull up what was sent to you and you can pond. >> some devices disable a driver's access to e-mail, web and text while others use voice technology so drivers don't have to take their hands off the wheel. wusa-- we would love to share your story. tell us your story by going to the great hangup page at wusa9.com or calling 202-895- 5960. a study out this morning

finds more teens engaging in violent behavior. that story's coming up. plus a disagreement is brewing over what caused last april's deadly explosion at a west virginia coal mine. and a setback for those who hope for a quick repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gay service members. 9 after the hour, 66 degrees. we'll be right back.

an executive with massy energy is blaming the federal mine safety and health administration claiming it sins making a genuine effort to investigate the explosion at the company's upper big branch mine in west virginia. the company and federal officials disagree over how highly combustible methane gas got into the mine. the april explosion killed 29 miners. senate republicans have blocked an effort to repeal the

law banning gays from serving openly in the military. the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy was included as a provision in a defense spending authorization bill. democrats fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation. former officials in bell, california, are scheduled for arraignment. they're accused of taking massive salaries and obtaining illegal personal loans. the city manager whorks was making almost $800,000 a year resigned. some councilmembers made $100,000 for their part-time positions. today, we could learn how lawmakers plan to respond to that massive recall of tainted eggs. plus some severe storms hit the midwest, but are they headed our way. here's howard at 5:12. >> we can only hope we get some of that rain. nearly 7-inches in hole for this year. some rain is in the forecast but summer-like heat is as well. details are still ahead when 9news now this morning returns.

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severe thunderstorms ripped through parts of chicago last night. the powerful winds lifted a garage off of its foundation as well as ripping off roofs and blowing down trees. debris is scattered through some community and tens of thousands of people lost power. >> i feel sort of like

wonderwoman here. i have my pink arm sport 20 on because i'm going to be taking part this weekend in a prevent cancer 5k run walk at west potomac park. i have this on my a buddy blog and buddy check nine facebook page and i want howard to tell me we're not going to have worry about rain showers. >> i think it's going to be a pretty nice morning on saturday. event going on at montgomery college there, celebrating community day. a lot of things are going on and weekend's actually looking better. it's actually just getting there may be a struggle with temperatures are soaring today, tomorrow and friday. your momslikeme.com bus stop forecast. it's not chilly like yesterday. a few spots in the upper 50s. most in the 60s to low 70s. sun's coming up at about 5655. today at a glance. 72 by 9:00. 81 by noon and 89 for the drive home and yes, there's a chance in a couple of spot for a much- needed thunderstorm. highs today 88 to 93.

partly cloudy, mild with a stray shower possible. although wise it will be quiet, 62 to 72. your sunset at 7:05 and tomorrow we're going to do it again sunny and hot with a chance of that afternoon thunderstorm. i think a little less tomorrow than today. upper 80s to lower 90s with a south wind 5 to 10 miles an hour. this morning we've got plenty of 60s although salisbury is down to 61. few 50s like cumberland and 70 in winchester and culpeper. 70 in southern maryland. 66 tap hahnic temperature is down to 5959 hay market. 55 in sterlings g. leesburg is 53. 7 this morning in alexandria. national checks in with 68. mainly clear. south winds at 10 and humidity at 70%. we're going to hope for is that some of the moisture that went through chicago last night, ahead of a front, some of it can make its way towards us but this front, the high pressure

on top of us is going to keep us in the hot stuff for the next three afternoon and by the weekend that's when things change. here's your seven-day forecast. 90 today and tomorrow. again, that chance of the afternoon storm, 11:00 tonight that's the autumnal equinox. fall begins astronomically. there's a slight chance a shower friday night but later on sunday into monday morning and on tuesday we'll cooldown. have a chance for an occasional shower with temperatures in the 70s for the most part. angie? we're having some technical problems. we're sorry for that. in this morning's living well headlines congress holds a hearing today into a recent

salmonella outbreak. health investigators linked the outbreak to a pair of farms in iowa. half after a billion eggs were recalled but not before a thousand people got sick. a new study out this morning may scare many parents. it reveals more than 30% of adolescents participated in violent behavior over the last year. substance abuse and administration health conductive study shows 26% of adolescents reported having participated in a serious fight at school or work. 16.1% reported involvement in group against group fighting and 7.5% reported attacking others with intent to seriously hurt them. the study also finds student who's do better academically are less likely to engage in violence. and now let's go to angie for an update on the rush hour. >> all right, well now the time is 5:18 and we're seeing a lot of green out on the screen. that's always a great thing. as we take it out live, the

story's the same 270 headed southbound. we're watching drivers moving at speed. from 121 down towards the split. no incidents on the way. back to the map route 4, route 5. 301. no issues a we zoom in. all of the roads checking out a okay. 495 in virginia we're tracking both of your loops out here. they both remain accident and incident free. and speaking of the 66 that's where we're going to wrap it up. all eastbound lanes remain open and at speed out at fairfax past 123 making the way towards inside the beltway. that's a quick look at traffic. now back to you. the redskins talk about their lack of a running game. plus we'll show you how the nationals snapped their four- game losing streak coming up in sports. first at 5:19 let's see who is celebrating a birthday today. hall of fame baseball manager tommy lasorda is 83. nba commissioner david stern is

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good morning, everybody. vincent gray won the democratic primary for d.c. mayor but after 426 passing yards sunday if he ran against donovan mcnabb in the general election, i wouldn't asbestos on vince. mcnabb and the passing game were the bright spot. the run game not so much. clinton portis ran for just 33 yards and the redskins as a team had just 18 net rushing yards after they managed just 89 yards rushing against the cowboys in week one and all of a sudden this team that used to pride itself on a dominant run game is hitting brick wall. >> we're still learning this offense. i'm sure that eventually everything had break out with the running game and it's going to make the passing game even more dangerous. >> our running game was and there but it didn't have to be. anytime we're avenuing 7 1/2 yards per play and you don't

turn the football over and you should find a way to win the football game but we didn't. >> larry johnson won't be the solution to the redskins' run program. the redskins cutting the former pro boweller. johnson had just two yards in four carries. 12 day from now the redskins will play the eagles and it appears michael vick will be eagles' quarterback. andy reid reversing themselves declaring that vick and not keven kolb will be the starter. vick threw for 278 yards against the lions. baseball from last night nats hosting the astros. jason michaelss, spank you very much. two run shot. the bleeding stopped there and the nats mounted a comeback. pudge put a coat on that hanger. two-run shot ties at game at three. his fourth of the year and 20 minutes later in the fourth inning ryan zimmerman hooks that to right. 84th rbi to zim.

the orange county at fenway beat the sox on monday did not it again on tuesday. opposite field fading right around the old pesty poll. three-run shot for wiggy. o's take the sox. i'm brett haber, have a great wednesday, everybody. if you haven't booked flight for your winter vacation, we have a warning for you coming up in our next living smart segment. plus, the first lady may prove to be more popular on the campaign trail than her husband. and new safety island danger improves pedestrian safety in suburban maryland. >> headed westbound it's smooth sailing. we have more road condition and your weather with howard when 9news now returns. stay with us. ♪

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thanks for joining us this morning angie will have traffic in a moment. first here's howard with our forecast and you said jupiter was visible for a while. >> that's going to be visible for the next few weeks. the closest pass to earth since 1963. around here we've got clear skies this morning and it's much milder. we're watching some cloudiness and some showers in kentucky off through michigan and even ohio and with a little luck we'll get some much-needed rain because deficits are really up there. drought conditions have been bad in the last couple of weeks. winchester is 00. so is culpeper. frederick one of the cool spots to. 57degrees. this afternoon sunny and hot, slight chance of a

thunderstorm. winchester, culpeper, 91 in hagerstown. angie, over to you. >> all right, rise, shine and let's have a great day, folks. we're going to be begin with a live shot on 395 headed northbound just after duke street where we're watching some volume pick up but overall no real problems making your way towards that 14th street bridge. into d.c. we move. inbound new york avenue moving well from the times building towards the 3rd street tunnel. keeping things going. here's 95 and the bw parkway, finding all of our lanes wide open from route 32 down towards the beltway. all of of the construction on both of these roads have now since cleared. back to you. >> thank you, angie. this morning one woman's personal struggles are on display for all to see. she's been evicted and her stuff is piled up for blocks. 9news reporter kristin fisher is live in northwest washington with more. such a sad story, kristin. >> reporter: it really is. it's a tough story.

it's a story that we know happens to so many people across the country, especially during some tough economic times but it's still very difficult to see it literally all spread out on the sidewalks and joining me now is the owner of all of this stuff right now eloise diaz. she's 50 years old principle venezuela. she's been in this country for 22 years. she'd lived in her home here on this street for 15 years. eloise said this is 15 years of stuff spread out on the sidewalks here. the trucks that are going to be taking away her belongings are set to come in just five hours. how are you doing this morning? >> i'm not doing good. i'm feeling very awful because it's not fair what they have done to me. now, eloise, this stuff is literally -- i'm going to step over this way so you can see exactly how much stuff is spread out on the streets.

it goes down for two city blocks. eloise a lot of people say you're a hoarder. what do you say to those. >> are you a hoarder. >> so you were collecting this stuff to give to poor people in your home country and other countries in latin america? >> correct. they know they're waiting until i can get a job. i promised them. >> reporter: now eloisea please forgive me for asking this and i apologize but i have to ask. these same types of stories are happening to people all over the country, especially now during a tough economic time. what makes your story unique? what makes your story special? why should people really try to

reach out and help you? >> i really don't know -- maybe they surprised to see that but they have a big meaning, this is the reason to help people in latino america. >> reporter: but why should people reach out and help you? what makes your story particularly painful, given the fact that so many other people are being evicted and so many other homes are being foreclosed on? in i don't have a job and the reason they evicted me because i don't have money to pay the right amount every month and they evicted me and throw all of my stuff that i was dreaming to take it to people. >> reporter: you don't have have a job now but you were once a housekeeper for people here in d.c. but eloise was

telling me she doesn't have anywhere to devoe. all of her belongings are about to be taken away by city truck and will be thrown out tomorrow, wednesday, in a dumpster. so eloisea. what could we do to help? is there anything at this point and time with all of your stuff strewn across the sidewalks. is there anything that people can do? >> i really desperately need help to help me was a truck. to move this out of the way and put this in the storage because i don't have any money. somebody should help me. they did i this stuff for me. i need hope to get a truck and move my stuff. >> well, eloisea, thanks so much for being with us. best of luck. heard her plea. it's just tough to hear. you know this goes on all the time but to really see it it's very moving. we're very sorry to hear it but

it's a sad fact of life. andrea, back to you. >> we could learn more about the evidence of the murder of had a maryland state trooper. a hearing is scheduled for williams. williams is charged in the shooting death of trooper wesley brown. police say brown escorted brown out of an apple bees after she didn't pay his bill. a short time later williams and another returns and shot brown to death. the only woman on virginia's death row will be executed tomorrow. the u.s. supreme court denied a stay of execution for teresa lewis yesterday. the 41-year-old is scheduled to die by lethal injection. she would become the first woman to be put to death. she was convicted with two no one carry out the 2000 murders of her husband and stepson.

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welcome back to 9news now. president obama on hoping his party doesn't lose control of congress in the upcoming elections and the democrats have pulling out a big name from the white house in hopes of keeping the majority. tara mergener has more. >> reporter: the white house is about to unleash one of its er its biggest stars on the campaign trail. next month first lady michelle obama will headline at least nine democratic fund raisers in six states. she'll raise money for a handful of candidates facing tight reelection battles democratic turf. among them, wisconsin senator russ feingold who passed up a chance to campaign with president obama earlier this month and california senator barbara boxer. >> i think she will go out and make a forceful and positive

case for what this administration has done. >> reporter: the white house insists mrs. obama is eager to hit the road and democrats are just as eager to have her. polls show she is more popular than her husband. >> michelle obama has, i think, enormous power in energizing the base and reenergying the base where that's necessary. >> reporter: the first lady has scored points with americans through her efforts to curb childhood obesity and her role as a mom and fashion icon. liberals believe that star power could help shrink the growing enthusiasm gap among voters. >> even if you're no. the a big fan of president obama presidency and policies, there as loy of people who like michelle obama as a person and a mother and role model. >> reporter: come november democrats hope mrs. obama will lib up to the same nickname she earned during the 2008 presidential campaign which was the closure. tara mergener, cbs news,

washington. >> turning to maryland's governor race. a new poll shows the candidates are running neck and neck. the rasmussen poll shows democratic incumbent governor mark o'malley holds a 50 to 47% lead over bob ehrlich but that gap is within the poll's 4% margin of error making that race a virtual dead heat. you can read more about the latest campaign adds in today's washington examiner. 5:47. howard bernstein is here with the forecast. we could be in for a record. but not necessarily temperatures themselves. >> it's the number of times we've done the 90-degree thing and that's where we start. looking over the numbers going back to the spring. we actually had 90 for the first time in april of last year. breaking down the numbers month by month. april and may it's not supposed to be so many. we got hit hard. june and july 39 days, 90 or better.

august and september another 19. that brings the total to 63. yes, we're going to add to that i believe over the next few days. the record 67 -- that should be 80 -- 1980. we'll fix that. your momslikeme.com bus stop forecast. mostly in the 50s over in the bay culpeper, winchester still 70 plus at this hour. sun is coming up at 6:55. getting hot. especially by noon. 81 by noon. upper 80s for the drive home and we could see the thunderstorm and we'll take at rain as the deficit almost seven inches in washington, worst out west in west virginia. part of the shenandoah valley not good. 62 to 72 tonight with a stray shower. another mild night. yesterday, we were like 45 in manassas at this hour. sunny and hot. upper 80s to low 90s and i think even a degree or two warmer for friday. friday will be the warmest day

of the week. 66 in easton. 70 near pa tuxett river. that's 17 degrees warmer than it was yesterday morning. 71 in winchester. still 75 in cumberland. locally we look at temperatures. laurel is 59. columbia is 60. 59 in hay market but as you go in towards the beltway 66 here in springfield. 66 arlington. 64, there three of them montgomery county and we're holding onto 67 in brandywine. national, a much warmer spot than it was yesterday morning. 68. winds are out of the south at 10 and dew points in the upper 50s. we're moistening up also a lot like summer the next few days. a storm system in the mose here. showers and storms from missouri ending up to new york state here. we're south of all of this. so the heat is here and when you throw in the daytime sunshine it is going to get some kind of hot. now showers and storms north

and west through detroit. they move more east than south but still this afternoon we can't rule out one or two are going to pop up. same story for you thursday afternoon. your seven-day forecast. here's the heat through friday. temperatures 90 if not 92 by friday. saturday looks okay. slim chance of a shower, 84 and then a couple of shower possibilities sunday, monday and turkey as we cooldown to much more seasonal level, upper 70s around 80. it's 5:50. good morning, angie. >> good morning, everybody. hope you're off to a great wednesday. right now it looks like we have a couple new incidents to tell you about. let's zoom on in, take you over to howard county. 70 headed westbound approaching route 94. that's where we have crash activity to keep an eye out for and we want to take you out to the outerloop. we are slow from university to georgia and that, my friends, the delay is building. back to the maps an accident on

southbound 301. it's that shortcut road and we'll call can a wrap with 95 in virginia headed northbound. it looks like your delay starts at the prince william parkway. you're going to lose a couple of left lanes. >> we have a couple of commuter alert for drivers about road closures for the rest of week. in southwest washington, maryland avenue will be closed between 3rd street and independence avenue. that closure will run from today through friday. now to maryland where the southbound lanes of i-270 after exit 10. that's route 117 will be completely shut down for a couple of 15 minute intervals. the closures will happen between midnight and 4:00 a.m. it will allow crews to erect a sign for the inner county connector. drivers can use route 355 as an alternate. a hollywood star turns out for premier night in the midst of his battle with cancer. that's coming up in entertainment news. plus a local stylist takes her haircuts to new york's

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here's a look at what is buzzing in entertainment. musician wyclef jean will no longer be on ballot in haiti's november election. he withdrew his candidacy in a statement. although battling cancer michael douglas attended the new york city premier of wall street:money never sleeps, his wife katherine zeta joans and co-star shiloh le buff. paris hilton is being detained in tokyo this morning after pleading guilty to two misdemeanors including a drug charge in the u.s., officials delayed heifer entry and put her up in an airport hotel. washington's big ball field played to a different tune and a different crowd recently. take me out to the opera?

the washington national opera took over nats park on saturday. guests enjoyed sunshine and classic opera music show while soaking in the atmosphere of the ballpark. and here's another story of beauty going a long way to help those with the big battle ahead. posted a haircut marathon to benefit the johns hopkins hospital. proceeds from today went towards helping children like luca asante. luca is battling cancer and finished his last chemo treatment this past week. i'm taking pictures and videos of the events that are happening where you live. go to my blog, ohmygof tv n. over to you. >> thank you. fashion week in new york city is the industry's largest event

attracting top designers, models and fashionista. it's the super bowl of hair. >> but at this super bowl they have a different type of gridiron. >> we're going to iron the hair out. we're going to crimp it. crimp it was a crimp iron. >> diane stevens owns two beauty spas in d.c. and maryland. >> it will be beautiful for her face shape and our designer will love it. >> will you love it? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: designer of project runway final list hand picked diane to style the models showcasing her new spring collection. >> just showing the same vision in the hair that i have on my clothes. lots of volume and it still has

that edginess to it. that's what women are. we're soft and feminine but there's a rough side to us. >> it's even rougher in the slums of sierra leone, west africa, however, diane is equally as home there. a few years ago she taught 300 poor women how to style hair and earn a living. >> it's basic necessities. it's actually eating and having their child educated. >> reporter: next spring diane is going back to sierra leon. >> we're trying to get shampoos and conditions that each women will have three months of product that she can start her own business. >> reporter: diane does similar work in the area meantoring young girls through they are cinderella foundation. >> diane is very excited about some of the things she's learned and seen here at fashion week and is hoping to transmit that knowledge to the girls at sierra leone and the girls at washington, d.c. who are part of the foundation.

>> you can see a one on one tour of one designer's collection and some tips from a project runway final list for you. you can find that bonus interview at wusa9.com. it's in district news just click under the news tab and click on local news. and we welcome you to 9news at 6:00 a.m. thanks for tuning in i'm andrea roane. howard bernstein is here with our forecast. >> you like summertime? >> when it's no. the too humid. >> well it's going to be hot and humid and if we're lucky we'll get a thunderstorm or two and we sure need the rain. we've been talking about that. want to share the satellite and radar because there's really not much here but we start to see it in michigan and ontario and ohio. eastern kentucky. there's hope that at least later this afternoon some that will survive the trip over the mountains. we're at 68 now. 55 cumberland but look at 70s from pittsburgh and cleveland even up to buffalo this morning. they're in the